From the lowest landscapes to the highest horizons

Salt flats, volcanoes, geothermal colour and a culture adapted to one of the hottest places people live.

• Afar Region
• Down to about 125 m below sea level
• Nov – Jan
• 3 – 8 days

More than the Danakil Depression: a people, a culture and a geological frontier.

• Afar Region
• Below sea level to highland edge
• Nov – Jan
• 1 – 8 days

You don’t drive up to Erta Ale. You walk toward it, in the dark, across exposed volcanic ground.

• Afar Region · Danakil
• 613 m
• Nov – Jan
• 1 – 2 nights

Yellow, orange, white, green and rust: geology happening in front of you.

• Afar Region · Danakil
• About 48 m below sea level
• Nov – Jan
• Half a day, from Hamed Ela

The white road: a salt plain that is work, trade and history, not just scenery.

• Afar Region · Danakil
• About 120 m below sea level
• Nov – Jan
• An afternoon and a morning

After hours of salt flats and volcanic terrain, water appears in the desert.

• Afar Region · Danakil
• More than 100 m below sea level
• Nov – Jan
• A stop or one night

Between the desert crossing and the salt plain, a place to rest and prepare for the next early start.

• Afar Region · Danakil
• Afar lowlands
• Nov – Jan
• 1 – 3 nights within an expedition

The meeting point for many Afar journeys, where arrival becomes expedition preparation.

• Afar Region
• Afar lowlands
• Plan around your expedition dates
• Arrival and departure, as arranged

River, savanna and volcanic terrain add a different chapter to an Afar journey.

• Afar & Oromia
• Rift Valley lowlands
• September – March; confirm conditions
• An extension, planned separately

Beyond volcanoes and salt, Afar holds evidence of a much older human story.

• Afar Region
• Lower Awash Valley
• Subject to specialist access arrangements
• A specialist visit, if confirmed